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Mercury Falling
EWG Thanks Hedstrom
Judge Becker: Asbestos Arbiter - FAIR or UnFAIR?
Government Asked to Evaluate the Cancer-Causing Potential Of Fluoride in Tap Water
EWG Comments on ATSDR Draft Toxicological Profile for PFAS
Attached are EWG’s comments to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, or ATSDR, on its draft toxicological profile on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, often referred to as PFAS. EWG...
EWG Comments on EPA's Draft Human Health Risk Assessment for Atrazine and Draft Cumulative Human Health Risk Assessment for Triazine Herbicides
Attached are EWG's comments to Environmental Protection Agency on the agency's draft human health risk assessment for atrazine and draft cumulative human health risk assessment for triazine herbicides...
EWG Comments to EPA on Draft Toxicological Assessments of GenX
Attached are EWG’s comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on its draft toxicological assessments of GenX, the PFOA replacement chemicals, and PFBS. EWG commends the agency and the IRIS...
EWG Letter to General Mills on Glyphosate in Oat-Based Foods Marketed to Children
Attached is a letter sent by EWG to the CEO of General Mills detailing recent testing that found the herbicide glyphosate in oat-based their foods marketed to children.
Tough To Swallow
As the result of a law passed by Congress last year, millions of Americans and hundreds of water suppliers across the Midwest- ern United States have a new, first line of defense against the agricultural weed killers that have contaminated their tap water for decades.
Tests Find Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water at Rhode Island Army Installations
Drinking water supplies at two Army installations in Rhode Island are contaminated with elevated levels of toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to newly released Department of Defense...
EWG Comments to EPA on Registration Decision for Pesticide Imazalil
Environmental Working Group objects to the EPA’s proposed interim registration decision for the carcinogenic pesticide imazalil. EWG urges the EPA to protect children’s health from imazalil and to...
Defense Bill Fails To Address PFAS Pollution in Kentucky
A defense spending bill passed by the Senate today excludes key provisions designed to reduce ongoing releases of the toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, remove PFAS from tap water and clean up...
EWG Testimony on H.R. 2827, the Keep Food Containers Safe From PFAS Act of 2019
Attached is EWG’s testimony to the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on H.R. 2827, the Keep Food Containers Safe From PFAS Act of 2019.
White House Cancels Climate Change Meetings, Sparks Speculation On Upcoming Paris Agreement Decision
A high-stakes series of meetings, including one between Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and Ivanka Trump, senior White House adviser and daughter of President Trump, on...
EWG: Trump’s Pullout from Climate Pact ‘Calamitous’ for U.S. and Planet
WASHINGTON – President Trump officially pulled the United States out of the Paris agreement on climate change today – a calamitous decision that will have severe implications for the future of the...
‘Right To Farm’ Laws - or ‘Right To Pollute’ Passes?
In recent months, all 50 states have enacted so-called right-to-farm laws that seek to block citizens from holding industrial animal factory farms and other large-scale agriculture operations...
EWG Comments to NEJAC to Consider Both Historical and Current PFAS Contamination
Environmental Working Group presented comments to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, urging the Council to consider both historical and current PFAS contamination and to ensure that...
Congress to Chemical Industry: You’re Under Investigation
Data Quality Act Challenge
EPA Stops Controversial Study
EWG Calls on EPA to Set Lower Limit on Perchlorate in Water
Testimony of Deborah Rice, Ph.D.
EWG Urges EPA: Protect Public from Chromium-6 in Tap Water
EWG submits comments on EPA's IRIS program draft toxicological review of hexavalent chromium.
EWG Takes a Stand on Food Marketed for Children
EWG strongly supports the proposed nutrition principles of the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children.